Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn

Sailing at the Olympics

Mixed Finn[1]

at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Line drawing of the Finn

Venue| Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates| First race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors| 26 from 26 nations
Medalists
| |  |  Ben Ainslie|  Great Britain

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|  |  Zach Railey|  United States
|  |  Guillaume Florent|  France

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Sailing at the
2008 Summer Olympics

RS:X| men| | women
Laser Radial| | | women
Laser| men| |
Finn| | open|
470| men| | women
49er| | open|
Tornado| | open|
Yngling| | | women
Star| men| |

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The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed, including the medal race, due to lack of wind. 26 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

## Race schedule[edit]

● | Practice race |  ● | Race on Yellow |  ● | Race on Pink |  ● | Medal race on Yellow

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Date  | August

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Thu | 8
Fri | 9
Sat | 10
Sun | 11
Mon | 12
Tue | 13
Wed | 14
Thu | 15
Fri | 16
Sat | 17
Sun | 18
Mon | 19
Tue | 20
Wed | 21
Thu | 22
Fri | 23
Sat | 24
Sun
Mixed Finn |  ●  |  |  2  |  2  |  2  |  Spare
day  |  1  |  No
wind  |  1  |  No
wind  |  ●  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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## Course areas and course configurations[edit]

For the Finn course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E) points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75 nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.[7]

* Course areas

* 70° trapezoid outer course (O)

* 70° trapezoid inner course (I)

* Windward-leeward course (W)

### Outer courses[edit]

* O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
* O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
* O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

### Inner courses[edit]

* I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
* I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
* I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

### Windward-leeward courses[edit]

* W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
* W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
* W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

## Weather conditions[edit]

In the leadup to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[8]

## Final results[9][10][edit]

Results of individual races  Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | MR | Tot | Pts

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| Ben Ainslie |  Great Britain | 10† | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33.0 | 23.0
| Zach Railey |  United States | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19† | 6 | 64.0 | 45.0
| Guillaume Florent |  France | 5 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21† | 4 | 79.0 | 58.0
4  | Daniel Birgmark |  Sweden | 14 | 17† | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 75.0 | 58.0
5  | Christopher Cook |  Canada | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23† | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 90.0 | 67.0
6  | Jonas Høgh-Christensen |  Denmark | 16 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 25† | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 95.0 | 70.0
7  | Gašper Vinčec |  Slovenia | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13† | 8 | 10 | 10 | 85.0 | 72.0
8  | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić |  Croatia | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 16† | 9 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 92.0 | 76.0
9  | Rafael Trujillo |  Spain | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 20 | OCS 27† | 1 | 3 | 107.0 | 80.0
10  | Rafał Szukiel |  Poland | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 22† | 12 | 5 | 104.0 | 82.0
11  | Giorgio Poggi |  Italy | 17 | 7 | 14 | 21† | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 |  | 95.0 | 74.0
12  | Dan Slater |  New Zealand | 21† | 19 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 6 |  | 97.0 | 76.0
13  | Eduardo Couto |  Brazil | 6 | 16 | DNF 27† | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | OCS 27 |  | 116.0 | 89.0
14  | Pieter-Jan Postma |  Netherlands | 19 | 15 | 16 | 22† | 15 | 2 | 10 | 16 |  | 115.0 | 93.0
15  | Aimilios Papathanasiou |  Greece | 1 | DNF 27† | 5 | DNE 27 | 18 | 15 | DNE 27 | 8 |  | 128.0 | 101.0
16  | Anthony Nossiter |  Australia | 11 | 22† | 8 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 20 |  | 123.0 | 101.0
17  | Eduard Skornyakov |  Russia | 24† | 20 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 14 |  | 126.0 | 102.0
18  | Tapio Nirkko |  Finland | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 22† | 16 | 22 |  | 124.0 | 102.0
19  | Peer Moberg |  Norway | 23 | DSQ 27† | 11 | 19 | 22 | 1 | DSQ 27 | 4 |  | 134.0 | 107.0
20  | Ali Kemal Tüfekçi |  Turkey | 20 | 21† | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 17 |  | 128.0 | 107.0
21  | Tim Goodbody |  Ireland | 22† | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 15 |  | 134.0 | 112.0
22  | Haris Papadopoulos |  Cyprus | 13 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 17 | OCS 27† |  | 142.0 | 115.0
23  | Nachhatar Singh Johal |  India | 4 | 24† | 23 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 24 |  | 152.0 | 128.0
24  | Zhang Peng |  China | 25 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 26† | 23 | 11 |  | 157.0 | 131.0
25  | Michael Maier |  Czech Republic | 15 | 14 | 22 | 25† | 21 | 23 | 19 | 23 |  | 162.0 | 137.0
26  | Jhonny Senen Bilbao Bande |  Venezuela | 26† | 12 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 18 |  | 175.0 | 149.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

## Daily standings[edit]

Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 2008 Summer Olympics

## Further reading[edit]

* "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
* "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
2. ^ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
3. ^ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
4. ^ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
5. ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
6. ^ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
7. ^ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
8. ^ "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
9. ^ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
10. ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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Olympic champions in Finn

* 1952:  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)
* 1956:  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)
* 1960:  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)
* 1964:  Wilhelm Kuhweide (EUA)
* 1968:  Valentin Mankin (URS)
* 1972:  Serge Maury (FRA)
* 1976:  Jochen Schümann (GDR)
* 1980:  Esko Rechardt (FIN)
* 1984:  Russell Coutts (NZL)
* 1988:  José Luis Doreste (ESP)
* 1992:  José van der Ploeg (ESP)
* 1996:  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)
* 2000:  Iain Percy (GBR)
* 2004:  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
* 2008:  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
* 2012:  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
* 2016:  Giles Scott (GBR)
* 2020:  Giles Scott (GBR)

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